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1Russia, toured the principal cities with Safonov and the orch. of the Imp. Russ. Mus. Soc.; after a brief tour in the South of the U. S. with Jaroslav Kocian she made her Amer. début as soloist with the Russian Symph. Orch. (N. Y., Feb. 13, 1915); thereafter appeared frequently with orch. and in recital. Now (1940) living in Elmsford, N. Y.
3Volbach [föhl'bähh], Fritz, conductor, composer and writer; b. Wipperfürth, n. Cologne, Dec. 17, 1861. Pupil of Hiller, Jensen and Seiss at Cologne Cons. (1879–80); then, after study at Heidelberg and Bonn, he resumed his musical course in the R. Acad. of Arts at Berlin (1885–6) under Haupt (org.), Grell and Taubert (comp.) and Loeschhorn (pf.), and in 1887 succ. Commer as teacher of the hist. of music and Gregorian Chant at the R. Inst. for Church-music. Shortly after, he also became cond. of the Klindworth Chorus. Called to Mayence in 1891 as cond. of the Oratorio Soc., the 'Liedertafel,' and the 'Damengesangverein,' he brought out the best modern choral compositions, and likewise Handel's works in Chrysander's new arrangements. In 1899 he received from Bonn Univ. the degree of Dr. phil. for the dissertation Die Praxis der Händel-Aufführung (publ. 1900); shortly afterwards he was made Prof. In 1907 he was called to Tübingen as mus. dir., and prof. at the Univ.; in 1918 became prof. at the Univ. of Münster, and cond. of the concerts of the Mus. Soc. there (until 1925); 1921, general mus.-dir.; in 1930 he retired to Wiesbaden.—Writings: Lehrbuch der Begleitung des gregorianischen Gesangs (1888); Händel (1898; in Reimann's 'Berühmte Musiker'); Die Zeit des Klassizismus: Beethoven (1905; 2nd ed. 1928); Die deutsche Musik im 19. Jahrhundert (1909); Das moderne Orchester in seiner Entwicklung (1910; 2nd ed. 1919); Die Instrumente des Orchesters (1913; 2nd ed. 1921); Handbuch der Musikwissenschaften, 2 vols. (1927, '30); Die Kunst der Sprache (1929); Der Chormeister (1931).—Cf. J. Hagemann, F. V., in 'Monographien moderner Musiker', Vol. III (Leipzig, 1909); G. Schwake, F. V.'s Werke (1921).
5Voldan, Bedřich, violinist and composer; b. n. Chrudim, Bohemia, Dec. 14, 1892. Pupil of St. Suchý at the Prague Cons. from 1907–13; for 1 year was concertmaster in Sweden; in 1920 became prof. of vln. at the Prague Cons. Author of a vln.-method, Das analoge Gruppensystem. Among his pieces for vln. and pf. are Pierrot und Scherzo, op. 6; Wedding Suite, op. 8; Concerto Piccolo, op. 18; etc.
7Volkmann, Hans, great-nephew of Robert V.; b. Bischofswerda, Saxony, Apr. 29, 1875. St. music (theory, pf., voice) and musicol. in Berlin and Munich, with further research in Italy, Paris and London; from 1921 taught hist. of music at the Dresden Volkshochschule, and from 1925 at the orch.-school of the Saxon 'Staatskapelle'. Author of Neues über Beethoven (1904) and Emanuel d'Astorga (2 vols.; 1911, '19) [see also bibliography under VOLKMANN, ROBERT].
9Volk'mann, (Friedrich) Robert, composer; born Lommatzsch, Saxony, April 6, 1815; d. Budapest, Oct. 30, 1883. Pupil of his father, a cantor, on the organ and piano; of Friebel on the vln. and 'cello; st. comp. under Anacker at Freiberg (whither he had gone to prepare himself for school-teaching), and K. F. Becker at Leipzig, where Schumann greatly encouraged him. After teaching music at Prague 1839–42, he settled in Pest, where he remained for life, excepting 4 years (1854–8) in Vienna; from 1875 he was prof. of harm. and cpt. at the National Academy of Music. In 1876 he was elected hon. member of the 'Ges. der Musikfreunde' in Vienna, and in 1883 (shortly before his death) member of the Kgl. Akademie in Berlin. For list of works, see 3rd ed. of this Dict.—Cf. B. Vogel, R. V. (Leipzig, 1875); H. Volkmann, R. V. Sein Leben und seine Werke (ib., 1902); id., R. V. (ib., 1915; a new work giving fuller biogr. data); C. Preiss, R. V. Kritische Beiträge zu seinem Schaffen (Graz, 1912); V. von Herzfeld, R. V., in 'Mus. Quart.' (July, 1915). A coll. of V.'s letters was publ. by H. Volkmann in 1917.
11Vollerthun, Georg, composer and conductor; b. Fürstenau, Kreis Elbing, Sept. 29, 1876. Pupil of Tappert, Radecke and Gernsheim; from 1899–1905, th.-cond. in Prague, Berlin, Barmen and Mayence; from 1908–10 in Paris, then teaching in Berlin (from 1933–6 at the Hochschule f. Musik), also active as mus. critic.—Works: The operas Veeda (Cassel, 1916), Island-Saga (Munich, 1925) and Der Freikorpsral (1932); also songs.
13Volpe, Arnold, conductor; b. Kovno, Russia, July 9, 1869; d. Miami, Fla., Feb. 2, 1940. St. vln. under I. Lotto at the Warsaw Inst. of Music (1884–7) and under L. Auer at the St. Petersburg Cons. (1887–91), where he also st. comp. under N. Soloviev (1893–7). Came to N. Y. in 1898; 1902–19, conductor-founder of the Young Men's Symph. Orch. of N. Y.; 1904–14, do. of the V. Symph. Orch.; 1910–19, dir. of orch.-school, Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; 1910–13, cond. of the munic. orchl. concerts in N. Y. In 1918 he founded the summer concerts at the Lewisohn Stadium in N. Y. and cond. the first two seasons (also guest-cond. in 1924, '27 and '36); 1919–22, cond. of the Washington (D. C.) Opera Co.; 1922–5, mus. dir. of the Kansas City Cons. of Music; 1925–6, do. of Chicago Mus. Coll.; from 1926, conductor-founder of the Univ. of Miami Symph. Orch.—He
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